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the senate majority leader harry reid made it clear it would not fly. saying to be absolutely clear the senate will delay both the delay of the affordable care act, we are still at square one, this from harry reid, republicans must decide whether to pass the cr, the continuing resolution, or consider a government shutdown. big question, since the senate democrats are in control in the majority of the senate. we've heard this back and forth in the senate, the legislation has pingponged, they could conceivably be blamed, unless there were republicans who tried to overtly shut it down, the house tonight is expected to pass this legislation, send it to the senate where it already has been deemed dead on arrival. >> deja vu, all right, carl cameron, fox news contributor, you know, i have to say that ten days ago when i spent an entire week interviewing poll analysts, pundits and politicians on capitol hill, they all assured me that no, there will be no government shutdown come midnight on monday. well, does it look to you like they were all wrong? >> well, i
the senate majority leader harry reid made it clear it would not fly. saying to be absolutely clear the senate will delay both the delay of the affordable care act, we are still at square one, this from harry reid, republicans must decide whether to pass the cr, the continuing resolution, or consider a government shutdown. big question, since the senate democrats are in control in the majority of the senate. we've heard this back and forth in the senate, the legislation has pingponged, they...
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harry reid's got to come back with the votes to ping it back to the house. then you'll have to reach an agreement on spending levels on the cr. you know, i worked in the house in the 1990s, republicans back then were not very excited about increasing the debt ceiling back then. this is always a difficult vote. they got to find a way to get the votes here. >> but what does boehner do, the speaker of the house, if he has to decide between rejecting the call to kill the affordable health care act or not funding the federal government. how does he deal with that one or the other situation? it isn't about cutting spending, it's about getting rid of one big milestone accomplishment of the president. >> you walk through the process. you give members of the house a vote which they're going to get tomorrow. they're going to vote to defund obama care. send it to the senate. they'll probably reject is that. then they send it back to the house. then you have to reach a combination on the spending levels which is the issue here. it's not whether they're going to defund o
harry reid's got to come back with the votes to ping it back to the house. then you'll have to reach an agreement on spending levels on the cr. you know, i worked in the house in the 1990s, republicans back then were not very excited about increasing the debt ceiling back then. this is always a difficult vote. they got to find a way to get the votes here. >> but what does boehner do, the speaker of the house, if he has to decide between rejecting the call to kill the affordable health...
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what did harry reid do? harry reid got together with mitch mcconnell and they announced their big agreement yesterday. and what does it do? nothing. absolutely nothing. under this agreement -- by the way, harry reid said there are enough democratic votes to do this on their own. they got 55 votes in the democratic caucus. right in the all they need is 51 to change the rules at the beginning of a term. 51. they could have done it by themselves. harry reid said we are not going to do anything that we'll have to -- would be just democrats. we are going to have a bi-partisan agreement. some what they came up with, to tell the truth i don't really understand what change it makes at all. you can still block procedurally votes. you can still block a vote on the floor under their agreement. you still do not have to actually filibuster. you can still fake it the way they do. as i understand it, all the agreement said if harry reid and mitch mcconnell agree that something is non-controversial, then they will push it t
what did harry reid do? harry reid got together with mitch mcconnell and they announced their big agreement yesterday. and what does it do? nothing. absolutely nothing. under this agreement -- by the way, harry reid said there are enough democratic votes to do this on their own. they got 55 votes in the democratic caucus. right in the all they need is 51 to change the rules at the beginning of a term. 51. they could have done it by themselves. harry reid said we are not going to do anything...
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i'm arthel nevilleful topping the news this hour, senate majority leader harry reid now saying, quote, we are at square one as house lawmakers push ahead with a new bill funding the government through december and calling for a one-year delay of obamacare. and new reaction to a story conversation between president obama and the new president of iran. what it means for a possible deal over iran's nuclear program. plus an investigation into the deaths of 19 arizona firefighters revealing new details about what went wrong. first, we begin with that spending showdown on capitol hill in a closed door meeting today, house republicans devising a new plan to keep the lights on in washington and delay obamacare. some senate democrats have come out against this, saying there is no way this bill will even be considered in the senate. but as it stands right now, house members do not appear to be waiverring. chief political correspondent carl cameron keeping his head on his shoulders straight, covering it all for us live on capitol hill. hi, carl. >> the legislative wheels keep turning, but they'r
i'm arthel nevilleful topping the news this hour, senate majority leader harry reid now saying, quote, we are at square one as house lawmakers push ahead with a new bill funding the government through december and calling for a one-year delay of obamacare. and new reaction to a story conversation between president obama and the new president of iran. what it means for a possible deal over iran's nuclear program. plus an investigation into the deaths of 19 arizona firefighters revealing new...
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then harry reid and nancy pelosi came out and said much of the same. reid said the president is strong, strong, strong holding firm not giving an inch. the president today said he won't negotiate with anyone. mitch mcconnel in the room last night said he feels the meeting was negotiation about not negotiating. the president has repeatedly said he's not going to negotiate over the debt ceiling or shutdown. he wants republicans to go his way and doesn't want to give concessions because he believes they're holding hostage. >> i guess yesterday there was a big lunch with republican senators, ted cruz and a bunch of others. behinded closed doors but apparently senators unhappy with cruz came out of the meeting, leaked information to the website trashing senator cruz. can you expand on that? >> i talked to one of the? ers and got information from inside the room. it was the entire # republican caucus. i'm told a lot of republicans ganged up on mike lee from utah as well as senator cruz. the reason they were angry is because there's a website where the two re
then harry reid and nancy pelosi came out and said much of the same. reid said the president is strong, strong, strong holding firm not giving an inch. the president today said he won't negotiate with anyone. mitch mcconnel in the room last night said he feels the meeting was negotiation about not negotiating. the president has repeatedly said he's not going to negotiate over the debt ceiling or shutdown. he wants republicans to go his way and doesn't want to give concessions because he...
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president obama and reid are actually making the republicans point. they just need to flip it back on him. >> they don't think that's a good idea? >> well, i don't know. >> because it doesn't have any wad down-side politics to it. i'm curious. >> no, i'm saying, i have a very good point. >> they can't go make and amend it. that's what i mean. >> she just said. quick. >> you mean the actual law? >> yeah. i mean say -- you could sell it across state lines. >> that's not what president obama wants. he wants a slow, painful task to a single-payer, government-run health care system. that's the goal. >> the goal is to have everyone go to the government to get their health care. that's exactly what the goal is. >> greg, we're going to wrap it up. go. >> the other solution to escape the effects of politic is to become a politician yourself and then you become exempt. >> then you can opt out of it. oh, my gosh. there you go. sign up for public service. represent. >> i don't understand why they didn't figure that was a negative. >> a new update on that wild sce
president obama and reid are actually making the republicans point. they just need to flip it back on him. >> they don't think that's a good idea? >> well, i don't know. >> because it doesn't have any wad down-side politics to it. i'm curious. >> no, i'm saying, i have a very good point. >> they can't go make and amend it. that's what i mean. >> she just said. quick. >> you mean the actual law? >> yeah. i mean say -- you could sell it across state...
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. >> joining the discussion, joy reid, msnbc analyst, steve clemens, and washington editor at large for "the atlantic" magazine. here we have another edward snowden statement. he says things. every time he speaks. he will say things that are absurdly wildly overblown. he says the government is -- his words watching everything we do. that is impossible. no one is watching everything we do. that capacity doesn't exist. he then says, think what this means for the privacy of the average person. for the privacy of the average person that means nothing. nsa, these operations aren't interested in the average person. he says kids growing up today will never know of what it means to have a private moment to themselves. unrecorded, unanalyzed thought. this is so completely impossible. these, these, his rhetorical descriptions of scenarios. the manpower, computer power dupz n does not exist on earth to analyze everyone's thoughts. whether they are written or, or, electronically conveyed or not. joy, you know, snowden lovers object to taking his words literally. when he says these things and believ
. >> joining the discussion, joy reid, msnbc analyst, steve clemens, and washington editor at large for "the atlantic" magazine. here we have another edward snowden statement. he says things. every time he speaks. he will say things that are absurdly wildly overblown. he says the government is -- his words watching everything we do. that is impossible. no one is watching everything we do. that capacity doesn't exist. he then says, think what this means for the privacy of the...
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senate majority harry reid and spoker boehner is not talking. that is a difference compared to the fist california shut downs. it is strained and the president said you are either taking the senate bill or i willçó not sig anything else and what spoker boehner did today is a shift in how he led the house. the critics of boehner and boehner is in with the tea party and ready to take on the president whose poll numbers dipped on a government shutdown. he's ready to attack on the bully pulpit. the president has the advantage now and maybe that changes. >> i am curious about the mood. one of our producers said there is a chaplain that showed up in the house rulesÑi committee. that does happen. and usually, according to chad, it only happens when things are getting chippy and representative geomer said democrats for there jawing and how tense is it? >> it is pretty tense and it will only get worse in the next 24 or pur48 hours. if there is a deal it is struck in the last second. the problem is, we are not talking about numbers, but ideology. not j
senate majority harry reid and spoker boehner is not talking. that is a difference compared to the fist california shut downs. it is strained and the president said you are either taking the senate bill or i willçó not sig anything else and what spoker boehner did today is a shift in how he led the house. the critics of boehner and boehner is in with the tea party and ready to take on the president whose poll numbers dipped on a government shutdown. he's ready to attack on the bully pulpit....
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harry reid of nevada made it clear he is not going to. the point is to get it to the senate floor, and the senate will be in business at 2:00 monday afternoon, and what the majority leader can do with his rules is strip out all the obama-related information, up related to keeping keeping the government open and push it back to the house. then we get into the situation of legislative ping-pong, legislative hot potato, and the question is how much time for the house and senate to make one more bite at the apple -- pardon all the vegetables and fruits. and then the government could shut done. they could decide to give themselves an extension for ten days, and they could decide to run late into the night past the dead lip and then fix and it retroactively change the clock. they made lease laws, they can rewrite them. >> we have these deadlines and then harry reid says, we're gone. see you monday at two. those are like bankers' hours, even better. >> and this entire fight is only about extending it to the middle of december. in fact the senate
harry reid of nevada made it clear he is not going to. the point is to get it to the senate floor, and the senate will be in business at 2:00 monday afternoon, and what the majority leader can do with his rules is strip out all the obama-related information, up related to keeping keeping the government open and push it back to the house. then we get into the situation of legislative ping-pong, legislative hot potato, and the question is how much time for the house and senate to make one more...
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reid said you have to vote against it. poor mary landrieu and baggitch from alaska who try to be moderates in their states were forced to vote the way reid told them. to the democrats are put in a very awkward position going into 2014 being told, you can't vote your district. you have to vote who reid and obama tell you to. they've cast enough votes in the last week to lose the senate. and they're going to keep voting against allowing the national parks to open? against nih to fund? at some point the democrats in the senate are going to tell reid, they're tired of throwing away their careers for his tactics. >> do you see this as the democrats being in an awkward position? >> i think it's laughable. i think you can't have the republicans create a crisis and then beg the president to give them cover to crawl out from underneath that crisis. that's ridiculous. i mean, the idea that we are now in this world where we can argue a position like that, we can basically sit down with a straight face and say, no, i created this prob
reid said you have to vote against it. poor mary landrieu and baggitch from alaska who try to be moderates in their states were forced to vote the way reid told them. to the democrats are put in a very awkward position going into 2014 being told, you can't vote your district. you have to vote who reid and obama tell you to. they've cast enough votes in the last week to lose the senate. and they're going to keep voting against allowing the national parks to open? against nih to fund? at some...
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thank you very much, leader reid. for your courageous action in making sure that the senate can now work and get our work done. i've waited 18 years for this moment, from 1995 when we were in the minority, i proposed changing the rules on filibuster. i've been proposing it ever since. what's really happened is that this war has escalated, this war on both sides. i said at the time in 1995 that it was pliek an arms race, that if we didn't do something about it, the senate would reach a point where we wouldn't be able to function. well, i thought perhaps -- perhaps at that time i thought my words were a little apocalyptic. but as it turns out, they weren't at all. and so this is a bright day for the united states senate and for our country to finally be able to move ahead on nominations so that any present -- not just this president, any president -- can put together his executive branch under our constitution. a president should have the people he or she wanted to form their executive branch. every senator here gets to
thank you very much, leader reid. for your courageous action in making sure that the senate can now work and get our work done. i've waited 18 years for this moment, from 1995 when we were in the minority, i proposed changing the rules on filibuster. i've been proposing it ever since. what's really happened is that this war has escalated, this war on both sides. i said at the time in 1995 that it was pliek an arms race, that if we didn't do something about it, the senate would reach a point...
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reid's aides say this is to give it a chance. but they're not likely to permit a vote if they think the president will lose that vote. i think that's how this is stack up. now, all this comes as john kerry suggests that syria could hand over its weapons of mass destruction to some kind of international committee that would then destroy them. does anybody really believe the syrians would do that in the russians are all over it. puts them in the driver's seat again. supposedly this will broker a deal. i don't believe a word of it. it is just a stalling tactic for everyone involved. and the white house is grasping at straws. and i presume today's 141 point stock market rally had something to do with moving away from war. but we will discuss that in a few moments. all these stories and more all coming up on the "kudlow report" begins right now. >>> i'm larry kudlow. first up, major developing news out of syria, moscow and washington this evening. nbc's steve than did he happen s has all the details. >> i think you're right, this look
reid's aides say this is to give it a chance. but they're not likely to permit a vote if they think the president will lose that vote. i think that's how this is stack up. now, all this comes as john kerry suggests that syria could hand over its weapons of mass destruction to some kind of international committee that would then destroy them. does anybody really believe the syrians would do that in the russians are all over it. puts them in the driver's seat again. supposedly this will broker a...
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i'm sure senator reid is yeah but i mean publicly so we don't know right now other than the carl levin is is in bed with john mccain other than that we don't know for sure and he's going to i mean we we we are right on the line there so is important to keep the pressure on we know we have fifty one votes for supporting filibuster reform i think the question is what it's going to look like i think we will see something right. i sure hope you're right diana thank you so much for being with us thank you oh my pleasure. coming up the phone lines are now open for our your take my take a live segment so if you want the chance to ask me a question live on the big picture right here give us a call at two zero two nine zero four twenty one thirty four and you'll be talking with you right after the break. wealthy british style. that's not on the title of. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on r g. me is he he. seems. like. a.
i'm sure senator reid is yeah but i mean publicly so we don't know right now other than the carl levin is is in bed with john mccain other than that we don't know for sure and he's going to i mean we we we are right on the line there so is important to keep the pressure on we know we have fifty one votes for supporting filibuster reform i think the question is what it's going to look like i think we will see something right. i sure hope you're right diana thank you so much for being with us...
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i feel there is talk about the dick durbin fight and schumer when height -- terry reid decides to step down but i think she could beat take them on and possibly win so i don't think either one will be the other with. [laughter] so that would be amazing for a woman to rise to that level. >> guest: you have nancy pelosi and underneath her they're not out of wind in there at that level. the with that current positions but on the republican side i think kelly a yacht is the one to watch. mcconnell dresser she is in the caucus in the nicotine gramm to take the place of joe lieberman sexual is get a lot of media attention and publicity that way so assumes that she rises up but she is going places. but then with the rest of the caucus. >> host: vichy has also lost her friend with lieberman. for quite a long time. with the department for crying out loud. >> guest: there is a lot of influence but then together they were on the floor. >> host: we talk a lot about each delivery and. i know i never rumors she had presidential ambitions and a complete -- completely convinced that gillibrand she cou
i feel there is talk about the dick durbin fight and schumer when height -- terry reid decides to step down but i think she could beat take them on and possibly win so i don't think either one will be the other with. [laughter] so that would be amazing for a woman to rise to that level. >> guest: you have nancy pelosi and underneath her they're not out of wind in there at that level. the with that current positions but on the republican side i think kelly a yacht is the one to watch....
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and senator reid. but a requirement that the government verify income eligiblability for obama carry subsidies is in the deal. senators reid and mcconnell have all but forgotten about speaker boehner and house conservatives he must persuade to push this agreement through the house. unless speaker boehner relies n house democrats to pass the legislation. that would be a violation of the so-called hastert rule, and that requires a majority of majority support to bring a bill to the floor, does the speak or that. >> we'll find out. a violation could cost him his speakership. >> fox news, mike emmanuelle on capitol hill with the report. >> reporter: bipartisan leaders of senate said their conversations were headed for success in final hours. >> i'm optimistic. we will reach an agreement. it is reasonable in nature this week. to reopen the government, pay nation's bills and begin long-term negotiation. >> no discussions continue, i share his optimism that we'll get a result that will be acceptable to both s
and senator reid. but a requirement that the government verify income eligiblability for obama carry subsidies is in the deal. senators reid and mcconnell have all but forgotten about speaker boehner and house conservatives he must persuade to push this agreement through the house. unless speaker boehner relies n house democrats to pass the legislation. that would be a violation of the so-called hastert rule, and that requires a majority of majority support to bring a bill to the floor, does...
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that that's not an acceptable approach to reform and that's become part of the negotiations senator reid has been discussing other options he's going to be meeting with his caucus next week we are really hopeful that what we're going to see is something that is the merkley proposal or very close to it that has the talking filibuster and i have to say there is such public support for that there's support in the senate itself among many veteran and new senators but today there were nearly a million signed petitions delivered to senators saying that americans want this kind of reform they want to know what's going on in congress and they want to see those details real reform not just something called filibuster reform absolutely and put his name on what do you think the chances are that and this is only going to take fifty one votes right. because this is this is voting on the rules that's right at the start of the new senate they can change the rules with the simple majority this is a precedence that's been used before to push reform so that can happen next week when they reconvene what wi
that that's not an acceptable approach to reform and that's become part of the negotiations senator reid has been discussing other options he's going to be meeting with his caucus next week we are really hopeful that what we're going to see is something that is the merkley proposal or very close to it that has the talking filibuster and i have to say there is such public support for that there's support in the senate itself among many veteran and new senators but today there were nearly a...
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senator reid, or as we call him, leader reid, played a true leader role in that meeting last night. it was structured in such a way it was just senator to senator. senator reid was tough and resolute, and he stood up and said, remember. about every half-hour, he said, remember, we are going to vote tomorrow. what flowed out of that meeting is the result we have today. and i am proud of that result, and i think it really moves us forward. these agencies can now do their jobs. they play very important roles for the american people. and i think it is a good day when we have very well-qualified people take over in agencies, and be able to do their job. my father, who senator reid had the opportunity to get to know they had a great visit before he died. he used to always tell me that one of the most important things that he felt, as secretary of the interior, in order to get his job done, was to have his team in place. it happened in two weeks. he always said, he the team in place. he had his team in two weeks. we have, today, given the president 18, so he can move move forward with his
senator reid, or as we call him, leader reid, played a true leader role in that meeting last night. it was structured in such a way it was just senator to senator. senator reid was tough and resolute, and he stood up and said, remember. about every half-hour, he said, remember, we are going to vote tomorrow. what flowed out of that meeting is the result we have today. and i am proud of that result, and i think it really moves us forward. these agencies can now do their jobs. they play very...
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reid and boehner speaking by phone. the conversation described right there by senator reid as cordial. we will continue to follow that story. coming up, we are going to discuss the latest out of d.c. as the president meets with business leaders. what's he telling them? what is he saying to them? cht so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? no hidden fees. it'just that i'm worried about you know "hidden things." ok, why's that? well uhhh... hey daddy, what's your job? daddy's a uhh florist. are you really a florist? dad, why are there shovels in the trunk? there's no shovels in my trunk. i see shovels... you don't see no shovels. just am. well, it's true. at ally there are no hidden fees. not one. that's nice. no hidden fees, no worries. ally bank. your money needs an ally. . >>> we have an important reminder, countdown on for must-see tv. john harwood with his interview of the president, president obama, this afternoon, 4:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnbc. make sure to catch that at the countdown clo
reid and boehner speaking by phone. the conversation described right there by senator reid as cordial. we will continue to follow that story. coming up, we are going to discuss the latest out of d.c. as the president meets with business leaders. what's he telling them? what is he saying to them? cht so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? no hidden fees. it'just that i'm worried about you know "hidden things." ok, why's that? well uhhh... hey daddy, what's your...
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the next day, harry reid goes out and says, tax reform is off the table, we need tax increases of $1 trillion. over the course of the next decade, what is $1 trillion divided by 10? about $100 billion a year. conveniently enough to pay for the president's $91 billion in additional new spending that will be baked into the baseline of the new budget and will cost us over the next decade, $1 trillion. this is not about the budget, this is not about living up to the agreement he made in 2011. this isn't even about tax reform. it's about, how can i get more money to spend. and remember, this president has had six of the -- four of the six years since world war ii in which the percentage of our economy devoted to the federal government has been the highest. one year at the immediate aftermath of world war 2. one year briefly during the period of the reagan rebuilding. four of the six years in which the federal government has taken the biggest chunk of our economy has been during this president, and guess what, he wants more? >> and the president also wants to fight the sequester. apparentl
the next day, harry reid goes out and says, tax reform is off the table, we need tax increases of $1 trillion. over the course of the next decade, what is $1 trillion divided by 10? about $100 billion a year. conveniently enough to pay for the president's $91 billion in additional new spending that will be baked into the baseline of the new budget and will cost us over the next decade, $1 trillion. this is not about the budget, this is not about living up to the agreement he made in 2011. this...
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harry reid was able to get the majority. tending to distract from the presidented health care law, this is unprecedented. mitch mcconnell earlier saying they will be sorry they did this. hint hint, someday when we get power again. moving forward, alex, new rule of the united states senate in terms of how the president can move his judicial nominees forward. >> luke russert, thank you as always for the updates, my friend. >> sam, the idea that hint hint republicans may get power again. i think we can fold these two conversations together. we're talking about poverty and hunger. lately in the past week paul ryan emerged as the good shepherd that's going to lead the republican party out of this mrore morass. is what paul ryan proposing substantive. a blog, page and page of paul ryan's plan trying to figure out whatted dude -- dude -- is saying he would do to lower poverty, here is what you're left with, vouchers, tax credits, volunteerism. it's true, what we're talking about before. going around having one-on-one meeting. what
harry reid was able to get the majority. tending to distract from the presidented health care law, this is unprecedented. mitch mcconnell earlier saying they will be sorry they did this. hint hint, someday when we get power again. moving forward, alex, new rule of the united states senate in terms of how the president can move his judicial nominees forward. >> luke russert, thank you as always for the updates, my friend. >> sam, the idea that hint hint republicans may get power...
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i think you heard harry reid say that. look, you don't have to like the laws but you have to acknowledge them. so i think he had reached the breaking point and we saw the vote today. remarkable day. >> joining us now is chuck todd in the briefing room. we can see you, chuck, in the wide shot as we wait for the president to come in. what is the president likely to say because this does mean that if the democrats are going to lose in the midterms, pay back is going to be very sweet for mitch mcconnell. majority will rule. >> i mean, that's clearly the threat that the republicans are throwing out there today. let's take a step back here. i think this is the culmination of the power of special interest groups. it used to be a no vote was enough. and then when it became where -- and both parties have been doing this over the years, the willingness to use the filibuster to stop nominations that you didn't like, to have the ideological fights, be it on the left or the right, so then if you weren't supporting the filibuster but yo
i think you heard harry reid say that. look, you don't have to like the laws but you have to acknowledge them. so i think he had reached the breaking point and we saw the vote today. remarkable day. >> joining us now is chuck todd in the briefing room. we can see you, chuck, in the wide shot as we wait for the president to come in. what is the president likely to say because this does mean that if the democrats are going to lose in the midterms, pay back is going to be very sweet for...
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. >> it's harry reid. there you go. harry reid. there you go. >> we're all heading in that direction. that's it for "special report." i'm doug mckelway. good night from washington. no online show tonight. "on the record" starts right now. >>> well, it's the night before thanksgiving and the white house sneaks in another obamacare delay. today i wanted to let you know that we are announcing going forward small businesses will be able to enroll directly in a shop plan through an insurer, agent, or broker. online enrollment will only be available in 2014. >> this announcement comes not only on thanksgiving eve when americans are occupied with other things other than the news, four days before the semi relaunch of the obamacare web site. >> november 30th does not represent a relaunch of healthcare.gov. it's it not a magical date. >> it's a failure and people are seeing it
. >> it's harry reid. there you go. harry reid. there you go. >> we're all heading in that direction. that's it for "special report." i'm doug mckelway. good night from washington. no online show tonight. "on the record" starts right now. >>> well, it's the night before thanksgiving and the white house sneaks in another obamacare delay. today i wanted to let you know that we are announcing going forward small businesses will be able to enroll directly in...
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lose their coverage in a public letter sent to the majority leader of the united states senate, harry reid. and should be march 2010, in a letter sent by the cbo to nancy pelosi, updating their estimate, they repeated that they thought that a minimum of 7 million to 8 million would lose their coverage. that was, again, a public letter. in april, the health and human services department said, no, no, no, it will be 14 million. there have been a whole series of report since then, no, no, the estimate was 17 million. from the american action network, 35 million. from the national center for policy analysis, 100 million. why? because the law is designed in a way that says if you have a policy that does not meet higher standards, more benefits, and these exacting requirements, it has to be cancelled. now, look, this is a part of the law. and the president knew it was a part of the law. we worked hard to try and -- try to make sure we implemented it properly. the law called for these plans to be outlawed and cancelled. and so, the president is sitting here now saying, well, i'm sorry it was an u
lose their coverage in a public letter sent to the majority leader of the united states senate, harry reid. and should be march 2010, in a letter sent by the cbo to nancy pelosi, updating their estimate, they repeated that they thought that a minimum of 7 million to 8 million would lose their coverage. that was, again, a public letter. in april, the health and human services department said, no, no, no, it will be 14 million. there have been a whole series of report since then, no, no, the...
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. >> it's harry reid. there you go. harry reid. there you go. >> we're all heading in that direction. that's it for "special report." i'm doug mckelway. good night from washington. no online show tonight. "on the record" starts right i'm bill o'reilly. the spin stops here because we are looking out for you. >>> breaking tonight with 72 hours to a critical deadline there is a growing list of signals that obama care is in new trouble. as the administration delays yet another part of the law on the wednesday before thanksgiving. welcome to "the kelly file." i'm megyn kelly. we are now just three days away from the obama administration's self-imposed deadline to fix the website millions need to use in the next two weeks or they might not have insurance come january 1. many of those folks had insurance before the law, but it was cancelled as a result of it. tonight a growing number of signs that the obama administration has real fears the site could crash and burn again. it went out for an
. >> it's harry reid. there you go. harry reid. there you go. >> we're all heading in that direction. that's it for "special report." i'm doug mckelway. good night from washington. no online show tonight. "on the record" starts right i'm bill o'reilly. the spin stops here because we are looking out for you. >>> breaking tonight with 72 hours to a critical deadline there is a growing list of signals that obama care is in new trouble. as the administration...
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so 70 times under senator reid, 12 times for senator frist. and before him, majority leader tom daschle, a democrat, filled the tree only once in a year and a half. once in a year and a half. when trent lott was the majority leader, a republican, he did it ten times in five years. george mitchell, a democrat majority leader, did it three times in six years, and majority leader robert c. byrd, who was an institution to himself here in the senate, he did it three times in two years. and finally, senator bob dole of kansas, the majority leader, a republican, did it seven times in three and a half years. so my point is, not to bore people with statistics, but just to point out that the senate has changed dramatically under the tenure of the current majority leader in a way that members of the senate are blocked from offering amendments to legislation in the interests of their constituents. as majority leader, senator reid has denied those rights to the minority and the rights of the people we represent. when he refuses to let us offer amendments a
so 70 times under senator reid, 12 times for senator frist. and before him, majority leader tom daschle, a democrat, filled the tree only once in a year and a half. once in a year and a half. when trent lott was the majority leader, a republican, he did it ten times in five years. george mitchell, a democrat majority leader, did it three times in six years, and majority leader robert c. byrd, who was an institution to himself here in the senate, he did it three times in two years. and finally,...
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reid: is the senate in a quorum call? proitd it is. mr. reid: i ask it be vitiated. i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding cloture having been invoked on the millett nomination, the senate resume legislative session in consideration of s. 11 -9d 7, the time until 4:00 p.m. be equally controlled between the chairman and ranking member inhofe or designees, with the chairman controlling the last half of time. at 4:00 p.m., the senate proceed to vote on cloture on s. 1197, the department of defense defense authorization bill. if cloture is invoked, the senate proceed to vote on adoption of s. con. res. 28. further, if cloture is invoked on s. 1197, the second-degree amendments filing deadline, 5:00 p.m. today. finally if cloture is not invoked on s. 1197, the senate proceed to vote on adoption of s. con. res. 28. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 91, s. 1197, a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the department of defense
reid: is the senate in a quorum call? proitd it is. mr. reid: i ask it be vitiated. i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding cloture having been invoked on the millett nomination, the senate resume legislative session in consideration of s. 11 -9d 7, the time until 4:00 p.m. be equally controlled between the chairman and ranking member inhofe or designees, with the chairman controlling the last half of time. at 4:00 p.m., the senate proceed to vote on cloture on s. 1197, the department of...
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harry reid of nevada made it clear he is not going to. the point is to get it to the senate floor, and the senate will be in business at 2:00 monday afternoon, and what the majority leader can do with his rules is strip out all the obama-related information, up related to keeping keeping the government open and push it back to the house. then we get into the situation of legislative ping-pong, legislative hot potato, and the question is how much time for the house and senate to make one more bite at the apple -- pardon all the vegetables and fruits. and then the government could shut done. they could decide to give themselves an extension for ten days, and they could decide to run late into the night past the dead lip and then fix and it retroactively change the clock. they made lease laws, they can rewrite them. >> we have these deadlines and then harry reid says, we're gone. see you monday at two. those are like bankers' hours, even better. >> and this entire fight is only about extending it to the middle of december. in fact the senate
harry reid of nevada made it clear he is not going to. the point is to get it to the senate floor, and the senate will be in business at 2:00 monday afternoon, and what the majority leader can do with his rules is strip out all the obama-related information, up related to keeping keeping the government open and push it back to the house. then we get into the situation of legislative ping-pong, legislative hot potato, and the question is how much time for the house and senate to make one more...
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the washington post back shed -- fact checker gave harry reid for pinocchio's for falsely claiming the cuts would cost jobs. estimatts suggest it would be one sixth of that. the president got for pinocchio's for his false claim that there would be an immediate pay cat which was never contemplated. there has been bipartisan concern and it comes to the defense department the to much cutting will weaken national security. a former gop u.s. senator insisted he was not crying wolf with his complaint that that's a bad consequences. >> ending army combat training center rotations for brigades not deployed to afghanistan. and imposing furloughs for 650,000 dod civilians. >> instead of the threatens 22 days of unpaid leave, furlough days are being slashed to as few as six. this year's automatic cuts total $85 billion nationwide with next year more than 100 billion in so-called sequester cuts scheduled. government agencies are able to reduce most by eliminating waste and doing housecleaning, but many adjustments are only one time shot. next year's bigger cuts will almost certainly require even b
the washington post back shed -- fact checker gave harry reid for pinocchio's for falsely claiming the cuts would cost jobs. estimatts suggest it would be one sixth of that. the president got for pinocchio's for his false claim that there would be an immediate pay cat which was never contemplated. there has been bipartisan concern and it comes to the defense department the to much cutting will weaken national security. a former gop u.s. senator insisted he was not crying wolf with his complaint...
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this last-minute situation exists because the folks just back behind me in the senate chamber, senator reid, could not get the senate to act on any of the great bills we sent before, this is the best we can do given the senate and the white house sentiment at that point in time. it is a partial victory for the american people in terms of tax relief for 99%. i'll take that at this point. >> can i assume, congresswoman, that those republicans in the house who wanted to have some amendments, some additional spending cuts added to the senate bill that you simply didn't have the 217 votes you needed to pass that kind of legislation? is that a correct assumption? >> i think that's probably a valid assumption, wolf. again everybody in the conference, we've had a lot of very thoughtful discussion, very respectful discussion across the range of opinions within what is a strong and mutually supportive conference. so there certainly is tremendous sentiment within the conference to provide more relief from spending. it is the spending that has gotten us into this predicament. and it does need to stop,
this last-minute situation exists because the folks just back behind me in the senate chamber, senator reid, could not get the senate to act on any of the great bills we sent before, this is the best we can do given the senate and the white house sentiment at that point in time. it is a partial victory for the american people in terms of tax relief for 99%. i'll take that at this point. >> can i assume, congresswoman, that those republicans in the house who wanted to have some amendments,...
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harry reid will either kill it out right. what republicans are saying we want have a vote on this we want to force a vote and force democrats to either support grossly unpopular, the grossly unpopular law known as obamacare, or kill their signature legislation which we know is not going to happen. even if you don't get the full defunding which looks highly unlikely, i will grant you that, gregg, even if you don't get that, you can leverage that at least a year-long debay which by the way the democrats would like to see. gregg: i think that may be where it is heading because this is what harry reid, the majority leader said. take a listen. >> any bill that defund obamacare is dead, dead. it's a waste of time as i said before. in fact i told the speaker that last week. i'm disappointed that he has decided from what i've heard he will move forward with full knowledge that it's a futile effort. there is simply postponing the inevitable choice they must face. pass a clean bill to fund the government or shut it down. gregg: charlie
harry reid will either kill it out right. what republicans are saying we want have a vote on this we want to force a vote and force democrats to either support grossly unpopular, the grossly unpopular law known as obamacare, or kill their signature legislation which we know is not going to happen. even if you don't get the full defunding which looks highly unlikely, i will grant you that, gregg, even if you don't get that, you can leverage that at least a year-long debay which by the way the...
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let me say from the political standpoint what you see is democrats harry reid there talking about that is a generation accomplishment. you can go to harry truman and come forward, presidents over the years, republicans and democrats all sought a way to offer universal healthcare in the country. president obama accomplished it. 80% ofropes are in opposition to the affordable healthcare act and pretty close high 70-80s% of democrats are in support of it. we had an election and didn't play out as a major issue given mitt romney had a similar plan in massachusetts. when you look at it today you really have to compare, especially given what steve is saying the status quo, which is it's a huge burden on individuals, families and corporate america as it stands now, healthcare costs, versus trying to implement something that is intended to reduce those costs. >> bret: i guess when you hear doctors who are opposed to obama care, or concerned about it. they talk about the $18 million added to medicaid and they talk about it already, doctor shortage and that underpayment for medicare already happ
let me say from the political standpoint what you see is democrats harry reid there talking about that is a generation accomplishment. you can go to harry truman and come forward, presidents over the years, republicans and democrats all sought a way to offer universal healthcare in the country. president obama accomplished it. 80% ofropes are in opposition to the affordable healthcare act and pretty close high 70-80s% of democrats are in support of it. we had an election and didn't play out as...
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harry reid calls it a breath of fresh air. they are not holding their breath on a new, more moderate john boehner that has emerged. >> thank you. we will be bringing you an interview with senator reid and congressman van hollen this evening. we have a break to take. back, theme bankruptcy is the biggest in u.s. history and has big indications for pensions. digitally a company connecting top physicians to patients online. he will telling us how the affordable care act is affecting the development of new technology. ♪ $18 billion bank is the is the largest in history. the filing has big implications for pensions. su keenan is with me. the city cannot raise taxes so pensions have to perform better? >> absolutely. could spell trouble for other cities. bankruptcy decision allowed the city to effectively cut its pensions. the shot across the bow for the rest of the nation is the reality of saving a city, when that is at stake, it means constitutional clauses protecting pension funds may have to yield. the decision is being appeale
harry reid calls it a breath of fresh air. they are not holding their breath on a new, more moderate john boehner that has emerged. >> thank you. we will be bringing you an interview with senator reid and congressman van hollen this evening. we have a break to take. back, theme bankruptcy is the biggest in u.s. history and has big indications for pensions. digitally a company connecting top physicians to patients online. he will telling us how the affordable care act is affecting the...
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but i don't think in four days with the president not even going it it come down and talk to harry reid. i don't see how you get that. what happens? we roll through the four days and actually we have the sequestration and have the cuts we changed the next day or day after we changed on march 2nd, tell me what's going to happen. the end of the month the continuing resolution, the funding of government because the senate has not passed the budget in almost four years, i love to remind people the ipad was not introduced the last time they passed one. what we'll have to do is fund government for the rest of the year. the house will take action next week and fund it it so we bring certainty there and we'll start working towards putting the path where we pass the budget in april that puts us on balance in the next ten years. >> so there will be the cuts, the sequestration cuts will go into effect? >> yeah. >> you think this is not going to be catastrophic and not going to throw to recession and shut down our military and do all of these things. >> no, in-- >> i wanted to be sarcastic. the onl
but i don't think in four days with the president not even going it it come down and talk to harry reid. i don't see how you get that. what happens? we roll through the four days and actually we have the sequestration and have the cuts we changed the next day or day after we changed on march 2nd, tell me what's going to happen. the end of the month the continuing resolution, the funding of government because the senate has not passed the budget in almost four years, i love to remind people the...
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top senate harry reid says health care shutting down is a waste of time. congresswoman sandy levin will be with me. he agrees. harry kudlow will be here also. [ male announcer ] let's say you pay your guy around 2% to manage your money. that's not much, you think. except it's 2% every year. go to e-trade and find out how much our advice and guidance costs. spoiler alert: it's low. it's guidance on your terms, not ours. e-trade. less for us. more for you. farmers presents: fifteen seconds of smart. so you want to drive more safely? stop eating. take deep breaths. avoid bad weather. [ whispers ] get eight hours. ♪ [ shouts over music ] turn it down! and, of course, talk to farmers. hi. hi. ♪ we are farmers bum - pa - dum, bum - bum - bum - bum ♪ >>> it was a tough, tough day for blackberry. company reporting it will lay off 4,500 employees. that's 40% of the company's global workforce. it's expecting a huge quarterly loss. dominic with more stats on how bad the situation is at blackberry. >> they look like it will settle down, like we said, about 17% f
top senate harry reid says health care shutting down is a waste of time. congresswoman sandy levin will be with me. he agrees. harry kudlow will be here also. [ male announcer ] let's say you pay your guy around 2% to manage your money. that's not much, you think. except it's 2% every year. go to e-trade and find out how much our advice and guidance costs. spoiler alert: it's low. it's guidance on your terms, not ours. e-trade. less for us. more for you. farmers presents: fifteen seconds of...
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and i understand where harry reid is coming from on this. harry reid denounced the nuclear option as if it would end-all life in the union verse and now saying it is his only choice. it runs both sides very deep. >> this is a rule been in place since the 1700s. thank you for the context. >> here is the senate minority mitch mcconnell that is talking about this. >> obviously that was a commitment not kept. we thought he said if you like the senate rules, you can keep them. but in fact we ended up having a discussion with another threat of the so- called nuclear option and then you have sewn what they did today. talk about a manufactured crisis we confirmed 215 judges and defooted two. and the problem is was with regard to the dc circuit was related to the size of the court and docket. we took the same view, senate democrats took during the bush administration that there was no rational for extending and increasing the membership of the dc circuit. exactly the same rational and signed by shumer and kennedy and others saying there was no need f
and i understand where harry reid is coming from on this. harry reid denounced the nuclear option as if it would end-all life in the union verse and now saying it is his only choice. it runs both sides very deep. >> this is a rule been in place since the 1700s. thank you for the context. >> here is the senate minority mitch mcconnell that is talking about this. >> obviously that was a commitment not kept. we thought he said if you like the senate rules, you can keep them. but...
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and harry reid's senate that harry reid runs -- first of all, went four or five years without passing a budget. and this year with a democratic president, and democratic chairman and chairwomen has passed a grand total of zero appropriation bills. >> they have a chance to pass a clean cr at republican spending levels right now. >> a cr, though, is a failure in and of itself. that means that you weren't able to get regular order. that means that you couldn't run your institution, the u.s. senate or the u.s. house, without going through the regular process, that it's so dysfunctional and broken, harry reid has a majority. >> but the republicans have a chance to win something right now. and they're passing on it because they actually want to default. i mean, i don't get it. >> my point is not that the republicans are saints and i've never said they are. but please, harry reid. go back -- >> that's great. i don't disagree. >> go back and pass -- >> what's on the table right now? >> a two-month temporary cr because harry reid didn't do his job in the senate. and because republicans didn't
and harry reid's senate that harry reid runs -- first of all, went four or five years without passing a budget. and this year with a democratic president, and democratic chairman and chairwomen has passed a grand total of zero appropriation bills. >> they have a chance to pass a clean cr at republican spending levels right now. >> a cr, though, is a failure in and of itself. that means that you weren't able to get regular order. that means that you couldn't run your institution, the...
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reid. >> -- make this government work. >> play harry reid in his own words where he says why help a kid with cancer david limbaugh. >> oh, please. >> you know, juan, the sky may not be falling but america is. its health care system is. the entire obama care system is based on a lie, based on a false premise about the number of insured and obama said we want these 47 million people uninsured. even b after obama care is imple meanted supposedly 25 million will be uninsured? everybody will have less access to care, higher prices. it will be a budget buster. people can't keep their doctors, their insurance. 47 million was a lie in the first place. 18 million could afford insurance and chose not to. a high number of millions had access to government benefits and declined. something like 8 million people actually could afford it. then didn't qualify for government benefits and they fell through the cracks. so we have states economy so ob liberals can implement socialism on the american people and control us. >> we have had this argument. david limbaugh, sean hannity and juan williams have
reid. >> -- make this government work. >> play harry reid in his own words where he says why help a kid with cancer david limbaugh. >> oh, please. >> you know, juan, the sky may not be falling but america is. its health care system is. the entire obama care system is based on a lie, based on a false premise about the number of insured and obama said we want these 47 million people uninsured. even b after obama care is imple meanted supposedly 25 million will be...
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reid: mr. president, i'm going to talk just for a minute about the national labor relations nominees. the nlrb has helped to protect the rights and safety of workers for about 80 years. it is a vitally important watch-dog for working americans. it's also important for employers. it also protects employers. but unless we act before the senate recesses in august, the nlrb will lose its ability to operate and will fail to have a quorum, it can't work, it can't -- it can't be effective. so the nomination of the full membership of the nlrb is really a priority. i understand that republican senators are frustrated by president obama's recess appointment to two members of the nlrb. i accept that. so no one has raised any questions, however, about these two good people, griffin and block. they're really fine public servants and the record should be spread with that fact. however, republicans have insisted on the president's nominating new people and he's done that. it's a right they had and this is a c
reid: mr. president, i'm going to talk just for a minute about the national labor relations nominees. the nlrb has helped to protect the rights and safety of workers for about 80 years. it is a vitally important watch-dog for working americans. it's also important for employers. it also protects employers. but unless we act before the senate recesses in august, the nlrb will lose its ability to operate and will fail to have a quorum, it can't work, it can't -- it can't be effective. so the...
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>> i think the war of harry reid threatens it. i have always said that the best way to determine how likely this is to happen, how seriously mcconnell's threat is, how much he is talking about it. the run-up to the january rules agreement that he struck with reid, he was saying very little about it on the senate floor which means he was not concerned reid would change this and values filibuster a lot very clear. i think the fact that he's suddenly raising volume again and pushing back so forcefully means he realizes that it is credible and realizes if he continues business as usual, then harry reid is going to have a tremendous amount of support. and he will be able to probably going to be able to convince the majority of the country that he would be doing the right thing. if you were changing the rules. as far as how many of these are going to get through, that's very difficult to know. rich cordray is going to be -- conceptually that's probably the toughest one because the republicans promised to filibuster anybody in his positi
>> i think the war of harry reid threatens it. i have always said that the best way to determine how likely this is to happen, how seriously mcconnell's threat is, how much he is talking about it. the run-up to the january rules agreement that he struck with reid, he was saying very little about it on the senate floor which means he was not concerned reid would change this and values filibuster a lot very clear. i think the fact that he's suddenly raising volume again and pushing back so...
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harry reid's getting ready to meet with reporters. history made in washington, d.c. [ male announcer ] when you have sinus pressure and pain, you feel...congested. beat down. crushed. but sudafed gives you maximum strength sinus pressure and pain relief. so you feel free. powerful sinus relief. sudafed. open up. >>> senate majority leader harry reid speaking to reporter disease fending his decision to use the so-called nuclear option to change the rules of the games on obama administration nominees. let's listen in. >> this is not a time for celebration. it's a time for being very serious. for too long washington has been in gridlock, gridlock, gridlock. the american people are sick of this. we're sick of it. is it any wonder how people look at congress? so as i said a little while ago, enough is enough. and, new york i'm not here talking about how clean we are and how dirty they are or vice versa, when it comes to what's gone on in the senate floor, there's a lot of blame to go around. but the obstruction we've seen from republicans
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harry reid will not let the senate vote. so for example, jack lew, candy, said we need to fund our veterans and disability payments. the house passed a bill to fund our veterans. every senate republican believes we should fund our veterans regardless of what happens in the shutdown. our veterans shouldn't pay the price. and right now harry reid and the senate democrats are refusing to have a vote and blocking it. the only reason the va is not adequately funded right now is because harry reid and the democrats are blocking it. >> how about a cooling off period? there is an idea being floated, cnn is reporting a cooling off period. that you pass a clean spending bill for six weeks and on it you also increase the debt ceiling for six weeks. in that six weeks, you negotiate on how to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year and negotiate the debt ceiling. >> candy, that would -- >> that would accomplish what you want, which is the president at the table? >> look what you just asked. you said how about the agreement be
harry reid will not let the senate vote. so for example, jack lew, candy, said we need to fund our veterans and disability payments. the house passed a bill to fund our veterans. every senate republican believes we should fund our veterans regardless of what happens in the shutdown. our veterans shouldn't pay the price. and right now harry reid and the senate democrats are refusing to have a vote and blocking it. the only reason the va is not adequately funded right now is because harry reid...
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reid: mr. president, i send a k4r0e67 motion to the desk. -- a cloture motion to the desks. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of jessica garfalo wright of pennsylvania to be under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness signinged by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: i ask that the reading of the names not be necessary. officer without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 18 the. -- 189. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do to h
reid: mr. president, i send a k4r0e67 motion to the desk. -- a cloture motion to the desks. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of jessica garfalo wright of pennsylvania to be under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness signinged by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: i ask that...